Flexible surgical access port

In one embodiment, a flexible surgical access port is provided that includes a flexible body. The flexible body is configured to elastically expand in response to a surgical device passing through the flexible body, and thus retract as the surgical device moves therethrough. Thus, the flexible body may provide a surgical access path through the Kambin triangle, and a larger surgical device through the flexible body does not compress the emanating nerve or past nerve root for an extended period of time. 提供了一种柔性外科进入端口，该柔性外科进入端口包括柔性主体。该柔性主体被构造成响应于外科设备穿过该柔性主体而弹性地扩张，并且因此随着外科设备移动经过而回缩。因此，柔性主体可以提供穿过Kambin三角的外科进入路径，并且穿过柔性主体的较大外科设备不在延长的时间段内压缩发出神经或过往神经根。